J.- and suck in the sweet smell of success!The film""s central actor, Burt Lancaster, also served (with his press agent Harold Hecht) as the head of the film""s production company (with hits includingThe Flame and the Arrow (1950),Apache (1954),Vera Cruz (1954), Best Picture winnerMarty (1955), andTrapeze (1956)).In the uplifting dramatic moment, Ben-Hur is protected from harm from the dumbstruck Roman guard.Ben-Hur gains fortitude and strength from the encounter.Over three years later, Ben-Hur has toughened, surviving he galley slave ordeal so far.He is one of over 200 galley slaves shackled to an oar in a Roman galley flagship.A new Roman officer Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins) arrives on board to take command.Below deck, Arrius surveys the health and condition of the slaves, and he speaks to Ben-Hur, identified as condemned galley slave number Forty-One.Ratha in his limousine.He left Gwen and headed there.A monstrous reptilian creature, Connors transformed into a giant, nine-foot, villainous and destructive Lizard-man, was searching cars.The wind blew the dying leaves from trees.The driver was drunken son Kyle Hadley (Robert Stack) returning from a wrong-side-of-town bar to his white-columned mansion estate.